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Profile
SARA Computing and Networking Services is an advanced ICT service
center that supplies – since more than 30 years – a complete
package of high performance computing & visualization, high performance
networking and infrastructure services. Among SARA’s customers
are the business community and scientific, educational, and government
institutions.
SARA is an independent organization with offices in Amsterdam and Almere,
and collaborations with many partners. SARA has unique expertise and
provides state-of-the-art solutions in respect of consultancy, facilities
and management.
SARA product portfolio consists of:
- High Performance Computing & Visualization: facilities and services
in supercomputing, data storage, visualization and virtual reality;
- High Performance Networking: design, installation and management
of advanced Wide Area Networks;
- ICT Services: housing and management for third parties of critical
infrastructures, systems, applications and connectivity.
The most eye-catching activities and facilities of SARA are the National
Supercomputer Huygens, the National Compute Cluster Lisa, the academic
high-bandwidth network SURFnet, and the Virtual Reality facility, the
CAVE™. SARA is one of the locations of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange
(AMS-IX), one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world.
An important addition to the available facilities is SARA’s thorough
expertise and the resulting consultancy and support activities.
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The national supercomputer Huygens, an IBM POWER6 system.
Visualization in the CAVE™.
Co-location at SARA.
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